Comparison Overview

Starbucks

VS

Marks and Spencer

Starbucks

2401 Utah Ave S, None, Seattle, WA, US, 98134
Last Update: 2025-11-20

At Starbucks, we like to say that we are not in the coffee business serving people, but in the people business serving coffee. Here, our employees - who we call partners – are the heart of the Starbucks experience, and being a partner means aspiring to become part of something bigger: inspiring positive change in the world and growing in your career and in your community. ​ It’s an opportunity to be your personal best. ​ Starbucks is an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals, including minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities.​​ In everything we do, we are dedicated to our mission: To be the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world, inspiring and nurturing the human spirit — one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time. Join us. Inspire with every cup. Explore opportunities, benefits and more at careers.starbucks.com

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 172,345
Subsidiaries: 6
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Marks and Spencer

Waterside House, 35 North Wharf Rd, London, London, GB, W2 1NW
Last Update: 2025-11-27

At M&S, we're dedicated to being the most trusted retailer, prioritising quality and delivering value. Every day, we bring the magic of M&S to our customers, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us. For over a century, we've set the standard, doing the right thing and embracing innovation. Today, with over 65,000 colleagues serving 32 million customers globally, we're putting quality products at the heart of everything we do. Tomorrow holds boundless opportunities with us. We're pioneering digital innovation and shaping the future of retail where our values drive every action. We stay close to customers and colleagues, always curious and connected. Our decisions are bold, our actions ambitious. Transparency is paramount, with straightforward, honest communication. We're constantly innovating, always striving for the best. Our focus is on aiming higher and winning together, combined with wise financial decisions to secure our future. Join us at M&S to shape the future of retail.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 39,274
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
27
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
3

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Starbucks
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Marks and Spencer
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Starbucks
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Marks and Spencer
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Starbucks in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

Marks and Spencer has 7614.29% more incidents than the average of same-industry companies with at least one recorded incident.

Incident History — Starbucks (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Starbucks cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Marks and Spencer (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Marks and Spencer cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Starbucks
Incidents

Date Detected: 09/2022
Type:Breach
Motivation: Financial
Blog: Blog
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Marks and Spencer
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Ransomware
Motivation: financial gain (ransom demand), disruption of operations
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 9/2025
Type:Ransomware
Attack Vector: SMB (Server Message Block) exploitation, lateral movement via network shares, recruitment of affiliates for branded variants, partnerships with initial access brokers (e.g., Scattered Spider)
Motivation: financial gain, dominance in ransomware ecosystem, recruitment of affiliates, disruption of rival groups
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 8/2025
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: AI-driven attacks, Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS), Ransomware, Phishing, Supply Chain Compromise
Motivation: Financial gain, Disruption, Data theft
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Starbucks company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Marks and Spencer company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Marks and Spencer company has faced a higher number of disclosed cyber incidents historically compared to Starbucks company.

In the current year, Marks and Spencer company has reported more cyber incidents than Starbucks company.

Marks and Spencer company has confirmed experiencing a ransomware attack, while Starbucks company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Both Marks and Spencer company and Starbucks company have disclosed experiencing at least one data breach.

Marks and Spencer company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Starbucks company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Starbucks company nor Marks and Spencer company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Starbucks company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to Marks and Spencer company.

Starbucks company employs more people globally than Marks and Spencer company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Starbucks nor Marks and Spencer holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Angular is a development platform for building mobile and desktop web applications using TypeScript/JavaScript and other languages. Prior to versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1, there is a XSRF token leakage via protocol-relative URLs in angular HTTP clients. The vulnerability is a Credential Leak by App Logic that leads to the unauthorized disclosure of the Cross-Site Request Forgery (XSRF) token to an attacker-controlled domain. Angular's HttpClient has a built-in XSRF protection mechanism that works by checking if a request URL starts with a protocol (http:// or https://) to determine if it is cross-origin. If the URL starts with protocol-relative URL (//), it is incorrectly treated as a same-origin request, and the XSRF token is automatically added to the X-XSRF-TOKEN header. This issue has been patched in versions 19.2.16, 20.3.14, and 21.0.1. A workaround for this issue involves avoiding using protocol-relative URLs (URLs starting with //) in HttpClient requests. All backend communication URLs should be hardcoded as relative paths (starting with a single /) or fully qualified, trusted absolute URLs.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft deep ASN.1 structures that trigger unbounded recursive parsing. This leads to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) via stack exhaustion when parsing untrusted DER inputs. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.7
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Forge (also called `node-forge`) is a native implementation of Transport Layer Security in JavaScript. An Integer Overflow vulnerability in node-forge versions 1.3.1 and below enables remote, unauthenticated attackers to craft ASN.1 structures containing OIDs with oversized arcs. These arcs may be decoded as smaller, trusted OIDs due to 32-bit bitwise truncation, enabling the bypass of downstream OID-based security decisions. This issue has been patched in version 1.3.2.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. Prior to versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2, working with large buffers in Lua scripts can lead to a stack overflow. Users of Lua rules and output scripts may be affected when working with large buffers. This includes a rule passing a large buffer to a Lua script. This issue has been patched in versions 7.0.13 and 8.0.2. A workaround for this issue involves disabling Lua rules and output scripts, or making sure limits, such as stream.depth.reassembly and HTTP response body limits (response-body-limit), are set to less than half the stack size.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Suricata is a network IDS, IPS and NSM engine developed by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation) and the Suricata community. In versions from 8.0.0 to before 8.0.2, a NULL dereference can occur when the entropy keyword is used in conjunction with base64_data. This issue has been patched in version 8.0.2. A workaround involves disabling rules that use entropy in conjunction with base64_data.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H